New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-04
KEEFE NOT MUCH OF AN UMPIRE.
He TRIED IT AND HIS NINE WAS BEATEN.
DESPERATE CONTEST BETWEEN WOLVERINES
AND GIANTS WHICH THE FORMER WON.

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AND GIANTS WHICH THE FORMER WON.
Timothy Keefe was cut baseball player, and by
careful training and practice he has developed into
ceent pitcher He Is not an umpire however ana prob
ably will be. That is what nearly $4,000 people
his ridiculous efforts In that direction at
Grounds yesterday. Keefe In his efforts TO be
impartial Numbered frequently, and his erroneous de-
cisions ultimately his club The game was
New York and Detroit clubs and as it was
the match In this city between these two teams the
spacious Harlem grounds thronged with baseball en-
thusiasts Every seat occupied hour before the
began and the police kept busy preventing the
brO from breaking through the ropes and preventing the
game by rushing the field. Games more repete with
scientific points have been played, and games where
not numerous have been plentiful But
which aroused the enthusiasm OF the spectators TO
higher pitch has been played In this city, The
hum OF voices frequently sweed into and the play
seemed Hurried ana annoyed at tines In the sixth in
ming the excitement became great that the had TO
be called until the noise had subsidized.
clubs played desperate and determined
The players both strained every
advance the interests OF their clubs aud splendid
corcs7 resulted Director Day intended TO have Teomb
pitch, but Manager Mutre changed the order the
minute and substituted Welch. WEIGH batted hard,
but whether 1tcomb could have done any better work is
uncertain. Gctzen, who pitched with such effect on
Thursday, strategic yesterday. Wards in
the seventh Inning also fatal for the local club
would have the game in spite OF keefes plumbers II
ard had In that throw base.
The again opened with the local players the bat
westerncrs Held Gore knocked fouls for
nye and then put first base. Tiernan
then the bail 1hompsons head in right heid for
three bases amid wild yels OF appreciation. Ward and
ConnOr however, baed little fungos" and Tiernan
did get home The Detroit baters fortunate
In their part OF the inning and scored WEIGH
apparently himself, Tor IL. richardson Sent about the
first bail pitched safely u cenreaeld for hit He went
to second On Broutherss out at hrSt and to third On
passed bail by Brown. Rowe hit SAFELY Ieftleld and
Richardson scored. White called
balls and the onookers got extremely uneasy WEIGH,
however, struck Thompson and Twtchell and
runs were made The seeonu inning without neiden
the payers each being retired In one two three
order.
the third inning the enthusiasm broke out afrcsh,
when the new Orhes scored run and tied the score
AIer ellen put Out, uUle
bait Doundng safeiy sccOnu ne stole " second
scored DIOUtSels erfvf Un base nv ny Iisra
Jeir the inning the Detroit men AGAIN
ana sVorns three more runs forged ahead IL IHenason
III IL hit Ou Oi I.OufhC REACH Anu on mt ~ tishI
n.i % oSi' W " slu and p,ocsvIS Went 70 seSVa
hVeiy MT 10 rshheu ~ Rowe. hOne went ~ seIvhu Oh
thompson Gu, 70 thru on Wild pitch, anu scored On
tnrevUdsenJ 10 lcJied By White tlird inning ended
WIN inc score az ~ III iasvr Vi eltOt ana penialt
hopes vanished Rapidly IA consequence IheIe were many
in the nitn inning, wnen the Local club
had three men on the bases "aiu however eould not
help anu va, put out On an easy srOudef 0 ufst
papaole error oil Judgment by Keefe in the latter part
OF the nnng virtually presented me Detroit club with NE
howe ana Thompson had been put out ana White
HAD made scratch hit IwChell a fly cut
caught few inches rom The ground, but
mpe hecfe deciue that he picked up nom The ground
Iwitchell gOI hit. The decision seemed ~ nave
bad effect upon the whole nno ana especially on WEIGH
Bennett followed with hit and White scored. UanOn
WAS sent called balls UetzeIn made hit 10 lef
field and Twtchel and Bennett scored Uetzein got To
third wild pitch and scored error by OROurke
1his left the 10 In faNor OF Detroit and many
VI the spectators began 10 start for the gates
The local players made rally at tne bat In the next
inning The faint hearted rushing
lach. The New Workers bated 6eLelns pitching all
the field scored half dozen The crowd became
frantic great that the me had 10 be
called until the spectators quieed down men went
Ia the bat GOre Ward, " KOurke, Gillespie, ID. Rich
ara on md WEIGH made hits. balls and errors
by Twitchel also assisted In the run getting.
In The seventh inning bunging error by Ward was
Instrumental giving the Detroit players three more
nuns After two men Ward had easy chance
TO retire the made throw to first base. The
players three In the eighth on hits by
Wech. Gore, Tiernan and Ward. The score was